GRE Word List
FESTER
to generate pus
The meaning of the word fester is to generate pus.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| distend | extend |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |